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“Often I am asked how many staff are at the GRI. In the secretariat: around 25. But at any moment, thousands are working for the GRI by contributing to the content development, participating in governance bodies, providing feedback on their use of the Guidelines, or accessing information based on GRI reports. GRI exists because of the power of this global action network”.
Paul Freundlich
SC Chair |
A multi-stakeholder governed institution collaborating to provide the global standards in sustainability reporting |
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a large multi-stakeholder network of thousands of experts, in dozens of countries worldwide, who participate in GRI’s working groups and governance bodies, use the GRI Guidelines to report, access information in GRI-based reports, or contribute to develop the Reporting Framework in other ways – both formally and informally. Meet others in the GRI network, or connect with those in your stakeholder group.
Representing the institutional side of GRI are a series of multi-stakeholder governance bodies that coordinate the formal components of the GRI network. GRI’s governance bodies consist of:
· Board of Directors 16 members who maintain ultimate fiduciary, financial and legal responsibility for GRI, including organizational strategy and final authority on Reporting Framework development. Take strategic and policy advice from the Stakeholder Council, and technical advice from the Technical Advisory Committee;
· Stakeholder Council 46 constituency - and geographically - diverse individuals who debate and deliberate key strategic and policy issues as GRI’s formal stakeholder policy forum. Provide policy and strategic advice to the Board;
· Technical Advisory Committee 12 international experts who assist in maintaining the overall quality and coherence of the Reporting Framework by providing recommendations on its broad architecture and high level technical advice and expertise to the Board of Directors and to the broader GRI network;
· Organizational Stakeholders the many hundred (and growing!) organizations and individuals that form the foundation of the governance structure, help maintain the integrity of the GRI Guidelines and play an integral part in the GRI network. Consider joining us as an OS; and
· A Secretariat of approximately 36 staff, based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, that executes the work plans developed by the Board, including engaging and building the network and coordinating working group processes that grow and improve the reporting framework.